A case of pedunculated hepatic hemangioma mimicking submucosal tumor of the stomach.
10.3350/kjhep.2011.17.1.66
- Author:
Han Kook MOON
1
;
Hyoung Su KIM
;
Gyeong Mi HEO
;
Woon Geon SHIN
;
Kyung Ho KIM
;
Myoung Kuk JANG
;
Jin Heon LEE
;
Hak Yang KIM
;
Doo Jin KIM
;
Seong Jin CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hskim@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hemangioma;
Liver;
Laparoscopy;
Stomach neoplasm
- MeSH:
Diagnosis, Differential;
Endoscopy, Digestive System;
Female;
Hemangioma/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery;
Humans;
Liver Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery;
Middle Aged;
Stomach Neoplasms/diagnosis;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:The Korean Journal of Hepatology
2011;17(1):66-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Hepatic hemangioma is the most common benign tumor of the liver. Most such hemangiomas are small, asymptomatic, and have an excellent prognosis. Giant hepatic hemangioma has been reported in the literature, but the exophytic and pedunculated forms of hepatic hemangioma are rare. A 56-year-old woman was referred to our hospital under the suspicion of having a gastric submucosal tumor. Abdominal computer tomography (CT) scans showed a pedunculated mass from the left lateral segment of the liver into the gastric fundus, exhibiting the atypical CT findings of hepatic hemangioma. We therefore decided to perform laparoscopic resection based on the symptoms, relatively large diameter, inability to exclude malignancy, and risk of rupture of the exophytic lesion. The pathology indicated it to be a cavernous hemangioma of the liver. Herein we report a case of pedunculated hepatic hemangioma mimicking a submucosal tumor of the stomach due to extrinsic compression of the gastric fundus.
